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The Bank of Nova Scotia

$BNS·$105B·Banks - Diversified·Financial Services
$92.39-0.6%1Y+48.1%
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BNBNS
$BNSThe Bank of Nova Scotia
$92.39-0.58%83 posts+8%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $BNS, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-08-30

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

Bank of Nova Scotia at all-time high after Q3 beat and doubled underwriting fees — 3.5% yield with 17x P/E.

Bank of Nova Scotia is Canada's third-largest bank with meaningful Latin American exposure — a genuinely diversified franchise that has been the underperformer of the Canadian Big Five for years. Q3 flipped that.

Why the setup works:

  • Q3 was best-in-four-years: adjusted EPS C$2.28 beat C$2.10 consensus, revenue C$10.5B, and underwriting/advisory fees nearly doubled — the shape of a bank finally executing on its capital-markets franchise.
  • Valuation is fair: 16.4x earnings, 2.4x sales with 11% ROE and 20% op margin plus a 3.5% dividend yield — for a Canadian mega-bank at all-time highs, priced consistent with peers.
  • Position confirms trend: 92nd percentile 52w, 5% above the 50-day, 19% above the 200-day on quiet 62% baseline volume — real trend continuation on quiet volume.
  • The T12M is +48% — this has been a top big-five basket performer, and the tape is validating.
  • Insider signal is silent: zero recent transactions in the current window — clean insider period.

The December 1 print is what extends the run — repeat of ~10% adj EPS growth plus continued underwriting-fee traction keeps the multiple; a specific Latin America credit-quality wobble or a soft Canadian mortgage-market print triggers a pullback back to the 200-day near $78.

Agrees with X sentimentAgree — the bullish anchors (Q3 adj EPS beat, revenue C$10.5B, underwriting/advisory fees nearly doubled, BNS +61% over one year in the big-five basket, shareholder up over 90%, 3.5% yield with 17x P/E, 'bank of no surprises delivered a real surprise') all map to real filings and price action.

What to watch: December 1 earnings — a repeat of ~10% adj EPS growth plus continued underwriting-fee traction keeps the multiple; a Latin America credit-quality wobble or soft Canadian mortgage-market print pulls the stock back to the 200-day near $78.

On the calendar: 2026-12-01 — Q4 earnings

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X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment19 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-30

Scotiabank's thread is bullish on a record quarter. Posters flag adjusted Q3 EPS of C$2.28 versus C$2.10 expected (+21% YoY), revenue of C$10.5B (+11%), ROE at 14.2% clearing the 14% target, wealth earnings +23% and global banking & markets earnings +37%. The stock jumped 7.2% pre-market. One skeptic notes international-banking growth of 8% flipped to -1% on constant currency and segment revenue fell 9% underneath. Otherwise the tone is broadly celebratory.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Bank of Nova Scotia is Canada's most internationally diversified bank, with major retail banking operations across Latin America and the Pacific Alliance.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Banks - Diversified sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $BNS.

Banks - Diversified · Financial Services

Net interest margin is the primary earnings lever; the rate curve shape determines the spread between deposit costs and loan yields. Credit quality in commercial real estate remains the headline risk — office exposure is the most closely watched segment.

What this means for $BNS

Partial — insurance earnings follow combined ratio and investment income dynamics, partially correlated to industry macro; The Bank of Nova Scotia provides various banking products and services in Canada.

Top industry ETF

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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
16.4How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
0.6%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
20.4%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
9.4%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
2.4Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
11.1%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
55.0%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
3.3Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 25, 2026$1.64$1.53+7.2%
Q1 2026May 27, 2026$1.47$1.42+3.5%
Q4 2025Feb 24, 2026$1.48$1.42+4.2%
Q3 2025Dec 2, 2025$1.39$1.33+4.5%
Next earningsTue, Dec 1·consensus EPS $1.59

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$17.2B-4.2%48.9%20.0%$2.01$17.0B
Q1 FY26$17.6B-7.5%49.4%18.0%$1.75$12.6B
Q4 FY25$18.2B-3.6%46.5%15.7%$1.66$-6.3B
Q3 FY25$18.0B-6.8%46.2%18.7%$1.84$4.3B

Forward consensus

3-year forecast · up to 5 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$40.2B$39.7B – $41.1B$8.37$8.26 – $8.515
FY27$42.0B$41.5B – $43.0B$9.37$9.21 – $9.495
FY28$45.3B$44.2B – $46.4B$10.28$10.18 – $10.372

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.6×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.92%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+4.8%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+18.9%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

No material 8-K / SC 13D / S-3 / 424B5 filings in the last 180 days.

+ 40 other (20 6-Ks · 10 13Gs · 2 13Fs · 1 F-N) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Scotiabank's Q3 Earnings: Solid Quarter, But I'm Staying Put For Nowseekingalpha.com·3d agoBMO And Scotiabank Earnings: Great Results At A 39% Premiumseekingalpha.com·4d agoScotiabank stock has soared to a record high after earnings: more upside?invezz.com·5d agoCanada's BMO and Scotiabank Beat Earnings Targets as Trade War Escalatespymnts.com·6d agoThe Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS:CA) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcriptseekingalpha.com·6d ago

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